ArticlePloS one2018
Mind over matter. The impact of subjective social status on health outcomes and health behaviors.
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- Contributions of subjective status to eating behaviors, obesity, and metabolic health across development.Appetite · 2025Review
- Understanding the mechanisms underlying the socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening among Australian women.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Subjective social status and trajectories of frailty: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Association between subjective social status and physical frailty in older adults in India: perceived discrimination and III-treatment as mediators and moderators.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Subjective social status and functional and mobility impairments among older adults: life satisfaction and depression as mediators and moderators.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Subjective social status, race, and metabolic syndrome in women with breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Article
- Development and validation of a social vulnerabilities survey for medical inpatients.BMJ open · 2022Article
- A protective rung on the ladder? How past and current social status shaped changes in health during COVID-19.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Stress Mediates the Association Between Pain and Alcohol Use in College Students.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic Predictors of Adherence to National Diet and Physical Activity Guidelines at Age 5 Years: The Healthy Start Study.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recent insights have shown subjective status to impact health and health behavior. It is however unclear how this exactly happens. In this study we explore two mechanisms: this of a direct, mediating effect of subjective status explaining the impact of material class on health outcomes and behavior and an indirect, moderating impact on the relationship between material class and health outcomes and behavior. To test this empirically we conduct two studies, focusing on Great-Britain, using survey-data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (N: 2709-3448) and the Whitehall II-study (N: 6275-6467). Our linear and logistic regression analyses show subjective status has a mainly direct impact on health outcomes and has both a direct, mediating and indirect, moderating impact on health behavior. In the conclusion of our article we reflect on the theoretical reasons why subjective status has a direct impact in certain cases, while playing an indirect role in other cases.
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